#Vista

If you are getting the following error while adding a Samba based network printer to Vista:

Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed (error 0x000006d1).

And you have a Samba server (version 3.0 and above) consider using the following technique to add the printer:

• Add a local printer (not a network one!)
• Select “create a new port”
• Select “Local port” as type of port
• In the port name enter the printer’s SMB path, i.e. \sambaserver\printer_name
• Select the right driver

That’s all. Works like a charm!

I just found out about the new name of the previously Windows code named “Longhorn”.

Guess what, it called Windows Vista.

Now I wonder who is the smart-ass marketing guy that thought about that?

What is this? half resurrecting dead Digital Corp. companies?

The year branding (95,98,2000,2003) I could live with, the XP signature was OK (at least it sounded good) but VISTA?!

I guess Office will be the next thing to lose the year branding (although it lost it in XP and gained it back in 2003).